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a :rMWmm rtiMttua NEWS Area News Reviewed As New Year Begins January The new court system adopted in Illinois through the Blue Ballot referendum passed last ' year became effective Jan. 1. * Science Research Associates, Inc., became affiliated with Interna tional Business Machines corporation. The local plant continued to operate in this area: Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Burgstiller of 806 S. Riverside Drive, McHenry Shores, won the all expense paid, five-day trip to the New York . World's Fair next April. Fifty businessmen participated in the holiday promotional program. The Plaindealer published fifty-two pages containing the quadrennial tax assessment listings. Clint Oaypool was elected president of the Chamber o( Commerce. James Althoff, E. J. Gausden, William Nye and Yerne Thompson were elected directors and Jerome Kalk replaced Robert Pedersen. McHenry post office showed a 25 percent increase in business during' the year of 1963. Miss Clara Stoffel retired Jan. 1, after serving the public for forty-seven years in the insurance business. Two 18-year-old McHenry area youths were killed Jan. 12 and a companion was seriously hurt when their car crashed on Rt. 120 in Lake county. The dead were James C. Carr of McHenry and Lawrence G. Heitz of Sunnyside. The City Council voted to construct a new bridge across the creek at North Avenue. A Wonder Lake family of eight were left homeless when fire destroyed their home. Seventeen McHenry high school seniors were included among the 7,559 Illinois young . people who qualified as semifinalists in the state scholarship program. Ground was broken for a spacious new building of the Illinois Coil Spring Co. on a twenty-seven acre plot located north of Rt. 120 on the land near Zion Lutheran church. Donald T. Baranowski, 27, of Wonder Lake, was one of two men charged with the Jan. 7 robbery of the Piggly Wiggly supermarket in the Crystal Lake shopping plaza. A second squad car for the city was put into service. Not only the growth of the population within the city, but nearby subdivisions have been annexed in recent years, adding to the duties of the police department. February Dollar Days were held in McHenry Feb. 7 and 8. The board of School District 15 apporved a program for sabbatical leave for teachers. Theresa Nyman, 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Nyman of Burton's Bridge, drowned Feb. 5 in the Fox River. William Pictor, a lieutenant colonel with the Air, Force Reserves, was named chairman of the city of McHenry Red Cross fund drive. About twenty merchants held the first Leap Year sale in the city on Feb. 29. A tragic auto accident near Lake Villa took the lives of Sue Stinespring Cain, 23, and her son, Gregory Pierce, 2Ms, Feb. 19. Two teachers submitted their resignations to the school board of District 156. Miss Helen Stevens, an English teacher, and Mrs. Jennie Mae Richardson, a teacher in the commercial department, leave the faculty at the end of this year after very successful teaching careers. Considerably more than $700 in jewelry and other articles were stolen from the station wagon of Jack Segel parked in the driveway of his home at 413 N. Front street. Kenneth Espey was appointed to fill a vacancy on the city police force. The Plaindealer printed a special colored section in green advertising the big Leap Year Big 9 sale for Feb. 28 and 29. March . . Sue Nowak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Nowak of 1502 W. Bay road, has been named winner of the Good Citizen award made by the Kishwaukee Trail chapter of the Daughters, of the American Revolution. Pfc. Axel Schwanke, a McHenry soldier who once fled the Russians, was selected as soldier-of-the-month for his unit at Fort Carson, Colo, i The board of supervisors have begun laying the groundwork toward construction of a new court house for McHenry county. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Repke and fwo small daughters left Wonder Lake to take up missionary duties in Southern Rhodesia in Africa. John Behrendt, 71, a former member of the McHenry police force, courageously recovered an estimated $3,500 from a bank thief at a bank in Mount Prospect. Almond F. Webber, 35, of Spring Grove, lost his life in a one-cer accident, March 16, on the Wilmot-Johnsburg blacktop road. Portable television sets valued at about $2,000 were stolen from the L & H Television and Appliance company at 814 N. Front street. It was the second large theft at the store in the last year and a half. Jeanne Benoche and Evelyn Harrison have been selected to go to Girls State. The newly organized Men of Brass took top senior honors at the All-American standstill held at Lane Tech high school in Chicago. The Men of Brass are an outgrowth of the uniting of the McHenry Red Devils and the Skokie Indians. The Lawrence Schuerr home in Lilymoor was gutted by fire. 11-year-old Mary Schuerr led her two brothers, 3 and 2 years old, safely from the burning home. April Jack Segel was held at gunpoint by an intruder in his home who took jewelry valued at about-$2,000. The man, and an accomplice posing as an interested buyer, bound Mr. Segel and his wife and ransacked the house. ^ An extensive expansion program was announced by Gerald J. Carey, president of the McHenry State Bank. The annual budget and appropriations for 1964-65 were adopted by the town board at the annual township meeting. Over 4,600 voters went to the polls in the seventeen McHenry precincts in the primary election. Richard R. Cross was the big winner for the office of state's attorney. Charles Percy was winner over William Scott for the governor race. For two new county offices, Harry Herendeen emerged as winner for Recorder of Deeds. Harley H. Mackeben was nominated for County Auditor. Over 2,000 voted in District 156, school election returning to office the three incumbents, Donald Howard, Carl J. Neiss and George M. Freund. In Consolidated Grade School District 15, Dr. Peter H. Griesbach was high vote-getter, Thomas L. Lawson and Henry Nell, Jr., were returned to office. Extensive damage was done by vandals at Harrison school, Wonder Lake. A heavy wind storm did considerable damage to trees, roofs and plate glass windows. The Rotary club assumed the task of collecting the $10,000 necessary for construction of the new library addition. Harry Dean was named chairman. Clarence Hummel of Wonder Lake was appointed to fill a vacancy on the city police force. The city of McHenry conducted Clean-up Week between April 27 and May 2. J. R. (Jake) Levesque of Mc- Cullom Lake was unanimously re-elected to the post of chairman of the McHenry County Republican Central committee at that organization's biennial meeting. Harold McKenney of Nunda township was elected as the new chairman of the McHenry County Democratic Central committee. Local students from McHenry high school were among the 500 McHenry . county high school students who held a mock political convention at Marian Central Catholic high school. May Six junior boys at McHenry high school were selected by a vote of the faculty to attend Illini Boys State in June. They were James DeVos, Vic Reck, Gary Lockwood, James Anderson, Wayne Hiller and Richard Smith. McHenry county was included in the most recent investigation into gambling by the Illinois Crime Investigating committee. For the first time in the history of the Plaindealer a sixteen-page tabloid section was printed on attractive peach-colored newsprint. It called the May Parade of Values. Voters in McHenry and Lake counties went to the polls and very decisively defeated a referendum which would have created a water conservancy district within the area. The vote was 5,587 against and 1,- 200 in favor. The«forty-fourth annual commencement exercises, of the McIIenry Community high school were held at McCracken field. A total of 238 seniors, the largest class in history, received their diplomas. Assessed valuation of the county ftfr 1963 was placed at $417,816,775, an increase of $25,116,363 over the preceding year. McHenry township was valued at $74,447,835 for 1963 compared'With $70,823,460 for 1962. The first drowning of the season in the Fox river occurred June 4, taking the. life of 3-year-old William Alan Bruce, son of Mr. , and Mrs. William H. Bruce of 1309 N Meadow Lane, Lakeland Shores. Robert L. Toepfer, 36, of Rockford, was killed in an automobile accident at the intersection of Rt. 173 and Johnsburg road. A former Fiesta Day beauty and McHenry county fair queen, Miss Judith Hans, was selected as one of the most outstanding college girls in the state of Wisconsin and earned a trip to New York City to compete for the title of National College Queen. June An unusual accident took the life of a Fox Lake lad, Timothy Lago, 12, near Volo, June 12. The youth was killed when twenty-one sheets of plaster board fell upon him as he leaned against them in the rear of a closed truck in which he was riding. Frank B. Wenzig, III, 25, of Burton's Bridge lost his life in an auto-truck collision near Lake Geneva, June 12. A McHenry man, 1st Lt. R. A. Mat&gws, Jr., of Lincoln Road, headed nine Marine parachutists from Cherry Point. Camp Lejeune and Quantico in new world record jumps, freefalling from 44,100 feet to 1,- 800 feet before deploying their 'parachutes. Judith McReynolds, 21, of Fernwood subdivision, will spend the next two years in Ethiopia as a member of the Peace Corps. Beth Glysing, 16, a statuesque blonde beauty from Griswold Lake, was chosen 1964 Fiesta Day queen. The first runner-up was Chrys Levesque, 18, of McCullom Lake and the third choice of the judges was Kathy Barrows, 17, of McHenry Shores. The Men of Brass drum and state VFW senior drum and bugle corps were crowhed 1964 bugle corps champions of Illinois at Springfield. Before the largest crowd ever to hear a local concert the new band shell erected in the city park was dedicated. Connie Rudsinskk 17, of Union, was crowned^-McHenry county dairy princess. ^ July 0 The McHenry area contributed one traffic fatality to the twenty-one in the state and one of the several drowning victims over the July Fourth weekend. A Spring Grove man lost his life in an accident in Wisconsin and a Woodstock man died as he crossed the highway near Terra Cotta just prior to the weekend. The dead were Doyle Roland, 34, of 723 Rand road, and Charles Eichhorst, 65, of Spring Grove, who died in highway crashes; Joseph Villapiano, 17, of Cicero, who drowned in Griswold Lake; and Stanko Jakic, 56. of Wopdstock, the lone pedestrian killed in this area. McHenry's corporate boundary lines are moving out to include more area. Two petitions for annexation were brought to the City Council. A delegation^of property owners from the Cooney Height hs area presented a petition signed by property owners in a triangulai* area bounded by Crystal Lake Road and Lillian street. A petition to annex approximately 25 acres of the Engdahl property along Green street south of the city was approved. The conviction of William Welter for the slaying of a Wisconsin patrolman was upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He had been sentenced to life in prison. Deborah Lynn Bellino, 6 years old, was chosen Little Miss Peanut in a contcst sponsored by the Kiwanis Club. Retail merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce named Aug. 6, 7 and 8 as Dollar Days. A crowd of 3,000 witnessed the Drum Corps Magic at McCracken field on Fiesta Day. A blazing sun, a cloudless sky and temperatures well into the nineties brought record crowds to witness the annual Fiesta Day parade. A tentative budget $856,790 was presented for study0 to the board of education of School District 156. A tax increase for Ringwood school district 34 was defeated in a referendum. r, Joseph Frett of Johnsburg was named "Man of the Year" by the Republicans at their annual plae day. Dawn 'McKim, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan McKim. was crowned Miss McCullom Lake of 1964. August ' Competing..in record breaking temperatures at the American Legion State Convention in Chicago, two McHenry drum and bugle corps emerged state champions. They were the popular Men of Brass, senior corps, and the Viscounts, a junior unit. Charles Percy, Republican candidate for governor of Illinois in next fall's election, paid a call to the Plaindealer office enroute to the McHenry County Fair. Mr. Percy was interviewed by the editor. Miss MeHenry, Beth Glysing, was second runner to the new Miss McHenry County queen, Miss Judy Conley of Crystal Lake. ,, Leigh Perry, Miss Wonder Lake, placed fourth in the contest. The overwhelming strength of the Lake County Republican delegation to the 19th judicial circuit convention held in McHenry high school proved a formidable foe for the McHenry delegates. LaVern Dixon and Mortimer Singer were victorious over the McHenry county candidate. Judge James Cooney. The Chamber of Commerce circulated 10,000 brochures of McHenry throughout the area. Two young motorcyclists, both from Lake county, lost their lives in the collision of their vehicle and an auto, Aug. 5. on Rt. 120, about two miles east of McHenry. The victims were Jonathan G. Brokaw, 18, of Grayslake, and Gregory Fischer, 15, of Rt. 1. Round Lake. A stamfT collection valued at $9,000, collected over more than a quarter of a century, was stolen from the home of Dr. and Mrs. Bruno Rodal, 1511 N. Green street, while they were away on vacation. The high school board adopted $742,000 budget for the coming year. For the second successive year McHenry's Men of Brass won the senior drum and bugle corps competition at the Illinois State Fair. New foreign exchange student, Antonio Carmona, arrived from Madrid, Spain, to spend the school year with the Walter Carlson family. Contracts for the new addition to the McHenry hospital were awarded and work will start on the erection of a three story building. September Miss Ellen Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Clark of 811 N. John street, McHenry, left for Hawaii where sfte will train for work in the/^eace Cops. Five masked men held two employees and a customer at gun point while they robbed the McHenry Country club of approximately $3,000, receipts of the Labor Day weekend. Supervisors approved the new budget of $2,030,520 at the September meeting. The McHenry City Council passed a $94,200 tax levy ordinance. When the McHenry schools opened, 182 faculty members began their nine-month instruction of 4,768 student. The high school has an enrollment of 1,357. An intruder peeled the safe at Ringwood postoffjc/ and took over $2,000 in stamps and cash. Ground was broken for the new addition to McHenry hospital. A $300,000 fund campaign was started. Rev. Arthur D. McKay was appointed vicar of St. Paul's Episcopal church in McHenry. , October A two-year-old Sunnyside child, Robert James Brotherton, lost his life by drowning in the waters of Nippersink channel in Fox Lake. The woman's auxiliary to McHenry hospital honored Mrs. Marie Gorgo of McHenry for over 1,000 hours of volunteer service at their annual luncheon Oct. 7. Announcement was made of the election of Howard V. Phalin of Wilmette, a nalive of McHenry, as president of Field Enterprises Educational CorP" . <* District 15 advisory __group for the elementary school named Harry P. Stinespring. Jr., as president. Mrs. Elliott Wheeland, vice-chairman and Mrs. Richard Clark, secretary. One of the biggest cattle auction sales ever held in this area took place at the Northern Pump farm, south of Rich-1 Turn Back Pages Of '64 To Review Happenings In Local World Of Sports January The gallant Warriors outshot and out-rebounded the highly regarded East Rockford team 77-62. In a game the following night the Warriors defeated West Rockford 52-41 in a tournament played at Rockford. Three of McHenry's top wrestlers were crowned champions at the Mundelein wrestling tournament. Bill Cawthon, mond, with gross proceeds totalling $217,000. 238 cattle were soId„ McHenry high school homecoming activities were opened with a colorful parade on Friday afternoon, an exciting football game won by MCHS over Libertyville" and climaxed by the crowning of Dick Bitterman and Jeanie Jo Benoche as king and queen. Two county men were killed Oct. 20 when their autos collided at the intersection of Rt. 31 and Gracy road, four miles south of the city. They were Harry A. Ketchum, 79, of Crystal Lake, recently of McHenry, and John' J. Amdt, 53, of 4420 W. Prairie, Lakeland Park. Vandals broke windows and slashed cars during a meeting of the Republican Woman's club at the Methodist church. The Evangelical Covenant Church of America has purchased the Peter Freund^farm on the Johnsburg-Wilmot road. November In a Democratic landslide throughout the nation President Johnson was elected president and Hubert Humphrey vice-president. Otto Kerner defeated Charles Percy for governor of Illinois. All Republican candidates in McHenry county were elected to office. A young father of four small children was the victim of an auto crash in Florida. Wayne Wiedenhoeft, 26, was killed in a three-car acident Oct. 29. A 1926 Peter Pirsch fire truck was presented to the city of McHenry as a museum piece to be placed in the city park. A former McHenry-girl, Mrs. Shirley Tracy Wallace, and her two children, Christine Marie, 7, and John, 3, died Nov. 22 in a tragic fire which swept through their home at 47 Washington circle, Lake Forest. Mrs. Wallace was raised by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeppe Jepsen, lived in Johnsburg and attended the area schools here. Donald T. Baranowski of Wonder Lake was sentenced in the Circuit court of McHenry county to from four to eight years at the state penitentiary in Joliet on a charge of armed rtjbbery. His accomplice, Philip Foster, 26, of Chicago, also received a similar sentence. December McHenry officially opened the Christmas season Dec. 5 with the arrival of Santa Claus, who greeted the children and grown ups in his hit in the band shell in the city park. The Chain O'Lakes Evangelical .Covenant church located on North Wilmot road north of Johnsburg was dedicated Dec. 13. Robert E. Hirsch is the pastor. Almost complete, but unofficial returns on the orange ballot voting for representatives in the state House of Representatives resulted in all 118 Democrat candidates being swept into office. McHenry county will have two Democrats rather than the two Republicans who previously served this district. Thomas J. Hanahan, Jr., of Sunnyside Estates and William A. Giblin of Marengo are the new office holders. Veteran Rep. A. B. McConnell was defeated. Mrs. Mary Wesson was the winner of the $100 gift certificates in the Chamber of Commerce promotion program during the Christmas season. Three judges selected four homes as top winners in the city's homelighting contest. For the most elaborate, the Marshall Jacobs home in McHenry Shores was chosen; the most original went to the Richard Becker house on Charlotte street; the amusing went to Harry Conway home on John street arid the religious theme was awarded to the Jerry Steinbach display. By a vote of a little less than 3 to 1, the $675,000 referendum to provide additional facilities for children in Consolidated Grade School District 15 won approval of voters. Success of the bond issue will finance construction of additions to Hilltop, Valley View and Edgebrook schools. Larry Schuerr and Ron Gelvin were the victors Warrior basketball feam defeated Dundee 60-46 for first place tie in conference. They also beat St. Ed's of Elgin 69- 54. The Warriors nnet defeat at the hands of the Crystal Lake Tigers, 69-67. The ^MCHS Wrestlers were busy beating Grayslake and Cary Grove; The McHenry high school wrestlers finished their home season with a convincing 24-12 victory over the Libertyville Wildcats. S.I.H. was impressed with the playing of the McHenry area" boys on the Hurricane team from Marian Central. These boys are proteges of Jim Doran, well known St. Mary's basketball coach. Accompanied by Joe. Etten, Fred Meyer, Don Doherty, Joe Gausden and Joe Frett, S.I.H. attended the Pitch. and Hit banquet in Chicago. February S.I.H. skipped out of town for a couple of days.. He met his daughter at O'Hare field and was glad to get out of that rush. He felt like a whlrlybird. After a visit to Dubuque, -Iowa, and Moline he returned home, found the city still here and wondered if anybody knew he was gone. (The sport's department of the Plaindealer did). St. Patrick's grade school basketball team won the American Legion basketball tournament when they defeated the McHenry junior high school team 51-41. The team record is 18 wins and 2 defeats. Many readers of the S.I.H. column had expressed their enjoyment of "Daily Pinups" by Anonymous for so many years. This week S.I.H. lost his Pinup Girl. With the death of Mrs. Joseph Williams, the family revealed that she had been Anonymous for all those years. After listening to the big heavyweight fight between Liston and Clay S.I.H. was in favor of shipping Cassius to England to get even with them for sending the Beatles to us. Lost -- one story on the outcome of the Woodstock-Mc- Henry basketball' game which the Warriors won 63-51. The mystery has never been solved about the missing story. A strong Crystal Lake team beat our Warriors and dropped them to third place in the conference. The score was 69- 63. Bill -Marquart, who made a name for himself in the Rockford Golden Gloves, was in training as a boxer in Housto$, Texas. The Forester basketball team of Johnsburg defeated Harvard 108 to 76 and took the league title with 19-2 record. March S.I.H. was looking forward to celebrating Patrick's day. His green tie was ready and the shamrocks due to be unwrapped. And he was listenin' for Bing Crosby to sing his favorite song, "Galway Bay." The Warriors lost to Crystal Lake in the regional tournament at Crystal Lake, 71- 65. The Johnsburg Forester team won the Northern Illinois Amateur Basketball league tournament by defeating Harvard 80 to 67. In the state finals of the Catholic Forester basketball tournament held in McHenry the junior division was won by McHenry; the senior championship went to Johnsburg; the ranger and heavy championship was also captured by Johnsburg. April S.I.H. enjoyed the Forester bowling banquet at the McHenry Country club. It was the twenty-fifth year anniversary for putting on a dinner for the ladies. In the group were George P. Freund and Henry Schaefer, a pair who have been bowling in the league for 40 years. S. I. H. invaded Comiskey Park as guest of the White Sox management and found Manager A1 Lopez as comfortable as an old shoe and easy to visit with. He also had his picture taken with Lopez. May Over 400,. people attended the first annual All-Sports banquet sponsored by the McHenry V.F.W., with parents, athletes, cheerleaders and coaches as honored guests. Fred. Kusch was named athlete of fhe year. The Tigers baseball team from Johnsburg blasted the McHenry Shamrocks, 22-3. The McHenry Shamrocks basebal team is under the new management of Chuck Pierce. They lost a ten inning thriller to a. tough Richmond team 3-2. Rich Soda, sophomore catcher, was elected by his teammates as the most valuable player for the 1964 Warrior baseball squad. •. Marian Central Catholic high school for their athletic ability. Paul Nitz received tWe award, given by the McHenry V.F.W. post for the most outstanding athlete with the highest scholastic average... Other awards were given to Jack Adams for most valuable player* in baseball; Jo Malpede, most valuable golfer; Clarence Adams, best free throw average; and Ken Frost tied for most improved cage player. Gary Adams was voted Milton College's Golfer of the year, and also selected spring athlete of the year at Milton college, Milton, Wis. Coe College out Iowa way lists McHenry's John Reese as a freshman numeral winner in baseball. From Carrol C°He"e Wisconsin, S.I.H. learned that Bob Vaupell was a letter winner in golf, • June Carl Barnickol, who hafc been a summer visitor to McHenry about as long as anybody, retired after forty-four years of association with Lane Tech's athletic programs After several weeks of seeing his beloved White Sox get mauled around by the Yankees and other teams S.I.H. came out of hiding when his team beat the Cubs in a charity game at White Sox Park, 11-1. A, Chicago sportswriter devoted a lot of space in his column to Joe Etten's great bowling in the famous Petersen Classic. July S. I. H. extended birthday wishes to Brenda, the editor of the Plaindealer. Jack Adams pitched a no-hit game against Crystal Lake for the local Legion baseball team. Joe Etten's big score in the Peterson Classic bowling event stood up for a second place tie. Over 15,000 bowlers battled for top money for seven months. Prizes are big in this one and competition is keen. The Shamrocks turned the tables on the Johnsburg Tigers arid beat them 6-1. August The Johnsburg Tigers beat the McHenry County All Stars 3-0 when Ed Mack hit a triple with the bases loaded. Barbara Hintz of McHenry won third place in the Intermediate Girls Baseball Throw event at Sterling sponsored by the Illinois Youth Commission and the Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce. LeRoy Hiller was local Jamboree chairman. Over 600 boys and girls participated in this worthwhile event. * September S. I. H. was pleased to have his annual visit with Martin Smith who came from St. Louis to spend his vacation in the hometown. They covered a lot of ground, including baseball, politics and McHenry Old Timers. The tight race in the American League has S.I.H. worried. He keeps hearing that old song, "The Yanks Are Coming." This was the time of year that S.I.H. pumped up the tires and loaded up the bus with clothing', books, typewriter, boxes and more boxes and took his daughter, Patricia, back to college. He considered using Bill Kreutzer's beer truck to load up everything but decided the good nuns at Clarke college might cast a quizzical eye if he pulled up with the beer truck ready to unload. Ron Santo, popular third baseman with the Chicago Cubs, was guest at the Pony League banquet at the V.F.W. hall and made a big hit with all in attendance. McHenry high school Warriors opened the football season with a 25-0 win over Grayslake. The Warriors tied the Barrington Broncos 12-12 at McCracken Field. George Koch ran wild as the Warriors beat Zion 20-0. S.I.H-'s prediction "The Yankees in six games" seemed to have missed the target after the Cardinals took the championship in seven. McHenry and Barrington were tied for first place in the North Suburban Conference with three wins and one tie each. The Warriors defeated Libertyville 12-7 in the homecoming game. November A story book finish gave the Warriors a 20-20 tie with Woodstock. At one time during the game the Warriors were behind 20-7, but played brilliant ball in the final quarter and with only 3 seconds to go tied the score to keep their championship hopes alive. The Warriors lost to North Chicago Warhawks 39-13 in a game that gave the north suburban champiqnship to the Winners. It was\ the first defeat of the ^season for the McHenry team. The McHenry Warriors placed three men on the north suburban All-Star -football team" selected by the coaches. Halfback George Koch, tackle Ron Gelvin and guard John Oppenheim were the players honored. George'Koch was the leading scorer in the conference. Marian Central Hurricanes captured the suburban Catholic conference championship in their first season of membership in the Chicago area league. John Gende of McHenry and Joe Lundborg of Wonder Lake were named on the conference all-star tearn. Richard Goldbeck shot a 270- lb., 10-point deer along the Crystal Lake blacktop road on opening day of deer season. The MCHS Warriors had a bad weekend when they lost two games, one to Grant high school, 51-49 and Antioch, 63* 57. December McHenry area sports fans were proud of the news that George Koclj was selected on the All-State high school football team. George was rated by many as ' the fastest halfback in the statje. A 16-year old summer resident, Michael LaVarra of Chicago, downed a deer on opening day. Barrington edged the Warrior cagers 54 to 53 in the final seconds of their game. The defeat of Notre Dame by Southern California didn't give the Sport's Editor at the Plaindealer much to cheer about. In an amazing finish at Libertyville, Rich Soda dropped in a pair of free throws after the game had ended to enable McHenry to edge the Cats by the razor thin m,argin of one point, 62-61. The Warriors were also successful in downing the North Chicago , cage squad 60-53. The McHenry Grapplers extended their winning streak to three when they defeated Elgin Larkin team. The Junior Warrior matmen defeated Larkin Juniors. The McHenry Warriors were upset by the Crystal Lake Tigers 77-72. It was' the first conference win for Crystal Lake. Big Don Bentz hit 37 points when the Johnsburg Forester team defeated Wauconda's basketball team, 91-70. John Corso received a freshman football letter at Ripon College. Death Claims Many Residents January Jan. 3--Mrs. Chester Brown, 64, of Sunnyside, died in Harvard hospital. Jan. 5 -- Baby Tina Ruth Priester, six-week-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Prills-- ter of Wonder Lake, died unexpectedly in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. Mrs. Mamie Ketchum, 54, of Burton's Bridge, died in St. Joseph hospital, Elgin. Jan. 6--Mrs. Corinne Alice Smith, 37, of Ringwood road, died in a Kentucky hospital after being taken ill while returning to McHenry from Florida. Jan. 8--A well know resident, Martin Edward Conway, 87, died at McHenry hospital. Jan. 12--Walter C. Sfrassheim, 61, died in Michael Reese hospital, Chicago. James Carr, 18, and Lawrence Heitz, 18, were killed in an auto accident on Rt. 120 in Lake County. Jan. 18--Estelle Richardson of Wonder Lake was found dead in her home. She was 81 years old and died of natural causes. Jan. 20--A former resident of McHenry, George H. Meyers, 77, of Woodstock, died at a hospital in Rockford. Jan. 24--Raymond Swenski, 53. of Lakemoor, died in McHenry hospital. Jan. 27--The body of Frank Lukawszczyk of McCullom Lake was found along a road in that village. Jan. 29--A native of the McHenry area, Edward Wiser, died at Downey hospital. Jan. 30--Mrs. Belle Cohen, 83, of Lilymoor, died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Molitor. Mrs. May Bishop, 65, of Crystal Lake, formerly admitting clerk at McHenry hospital, died in the local hospital. Jan. 31--Peter Freund, Jr., 90, died in Highland Home, Genoa City, Wis., where he had been a patient for four months. February Feb. 2--Roy C. Harrison, 82, of Ringwood, died at the nursing home in Genoa City, Wis. Emmet J. Barden, 62, died un- (Continued on Page 3)